Pattern for shoemaking



J. P. PETRARCA.

PATTERN FOR SHOEMAKING. APPLlCATION FILED DEC,9,19ZO.

Patented Aug. 8, 1922.

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j. P. PETRARCA.

PATTERN FOR SHOEMAKING.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 9 1920.

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entree STATLS rarest JOHN P. PETBARCA, OF ARCTIC, RHODE ISLAND.

PATTERN FOR ST-IOEMAKIIITG.

To (all w Ito m, it may concern -Be it known that I, JOHN P. PETRARCA, a subject of the King of Italy, and a resident of Arctic, county of Kent, and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Patterns for Shoemaking, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved pattern for cutting out the parts that go to make up a boot or shoe, and is designed to provide a set of frames which are in themselves adjustable so as to vary the sizes, both longitudinally and laterally, and which provide for a maximum adjustment in these directions, due to a lamination or the provision of the necessary number of strips to permit such variations in order that a shoemaker may fit any customer by means of the single pattern.

The invention is further designed to provide patterns for various parts of the shoe; for instance, a pattern for the upper, one for the vamp and one for the counter, these frames for the several. parts being adapted to be secured together, if necessary, so that the frame for the counter can be secured to the frame for the vamp if the vamp and the counter of the shoe are to be made in one piece, or can be attached to the frame of the upper if the upper and the counter are to be made in one piece, or these parts can be used separately if the counter, the upper and the vamp are to be made up of separate pieces.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a frame around which a knife is to be used for cutting the upper of the shoe away and is provided with a bottom part and a top part, the bottom part being adapted tohave its top edge define the upper of a shoe, the top part being added on to the bottom part, when necessary, to define the outline of a blank to make the "upper or top of a boot, all these parts being adjustable.

The device is further adapted toprovide a pattern or frame for a vamp which can be secured to the frame defining the shape of the counter, and is also adapted to receive an extension which defines a tongue, the eX tension being adapted to provide different outlines of tongue and being extensible in order to vary the dimensions of the tongue when necessary.

' The invention is illustrated in the accom- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 8, 1922.

panying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a face view of a frame for use in cutting out the upper of footwear, and Figure 2 is a rear View of the frame shown in Figure 1, these figures also including, at their bottom portions, a removable frame for defining the counter of a shoe. Figure 3 is a top view of a frame used in cutting out the vamp. Figure 4 is a modified form of frame for defining the shape of the counter. Figure 5 is a view of a frame adapted to be attached to the lower front part of the frame for the upper shown in Figure 1. Figure 6 is a perspective view of a modified form of eX- te'nsion to be used on the frame shown in Figure 3 to'define a short tongue. Figures 7, 8 and 9 illustrate different forms of shoes 7 cutting out the uppers, which frame has the bottom part 10 and the upper part 11, these parts having hinged corner joints or sections, the top part having its upper corners, as at 12 and 13, hinged together, and having strips, such as 14:, on the top side, one of which is slotted, as at 15, and has a set-screw 16 by means of which it can be fastened in position. The side edges are provided with strips, such as 17 and 18, which are slotted and held in place by set-screws 19 and 20. The strips are held in substantial alignment by suitable means, such as the lips 21, which are folded over from one strip onto the edge of another, this being carried on throughout the structure so that the top bars 14:, for instance, form an edge against which the cut ting implement bears when the pattern or blank is being'cut, a supplemental bar 22, which is similarly extensible, being adapted also to be used as a cutting edge, if necessary.

v The strips 17 and 18 slide on the strips 23 underneath them, which, in turn, are slotted to provide for their adjustment, these, in turn, resting on the transversely movable plates 24 which are held, by set-screws 25 and screws that pass through the slots 26, on two opposed back plates 27, these back plates supporting the entire top part of the frame for the upper so that it can be suported by means of the screws 28 on the bottom part 10 of the frame for the upper, this being particularly evident from Figure 2. The pins 29 are pivotal pins, that is, they hinge the parts 2'? and 22 together.

For the purpose of readjustment I prefer to provide scales, such as the scales 30"and 81, on various parts of the meQhanlSII wher desired, and I preferably construct the strips with pointers 32 to indicatebn the Which; are

ese plat s be ng ig ed, as

scale the required measurement. The bottom part 10 has apeir of back lates. 33. and 34- which provide, at top edge a cutting edge for the top of shoe upper, n 35,. 9 h 'i tese lier,

D the ably isecured the bot tern of the forlth e if is a: frame, for the CQilIlwhich 'c'em'riirlses back I ile fi J51 52 i i h re hel ii bd i iqe by t e "be ts 5. Ham l zey h f qf t d 5, of the bail; 1 e7 1 "b ng er ed be refine the ri n't e' g o the ame an r e bee e e 56. @1116 been: pa 5 dfmih the reer'eclge or thebl these pengfla j: hin

fliicqunte harm for the V SY tsely e i i r tab f l hef iia ends 11g held l e'eifi eiea ls adjustable "by" the inside strips 67, which strips h ve the r ine r ed e s efine t e ie l'i'' of h jump, parts beiii i ls .0. m e'. -aver.ee y y. sense t elet e euiiflep nflal Plate 6%; hee appease e PJ h r ee p ns: 15 59 2, lli a e e'cl ptedto-b'e mounted, small fiiames" fi m the" o'utlir'iesqf shorttorig' iise li 'l lu lii l ee l fet i -Big S i fplfleel a 0 in F gure 3 hail ng t a d. strip brovi leld with eles whi an e 9W1. the prs e. 6 2,5 7, 1 as h Sal s, were, extended; the innrmest qr asid 1,1 heen 71-1 1; he en e and; t rin'g' f 'eii wearer pe t ihodified form of frame for a vamp is shown in Figure 6 with its end strip 73 provided With-1 9.163 7 t g O the P08ts 69 and 72, as desired, the pointed strips 75 being thus adapted to form a round instead of a substantially square tongue, as provided by the strips 70 in Figure 3. I i

It will be evident that when the vamp is use'dalo'rie it provides a frame that is uti-- lized in a shoe as shown at 76 in Figure 7, The frame for the counter, showman-the lower part of Figure '1," shifted-to occupy tlie position" shown in dotted' outline at7"7i1i'Figiire'3so asto provide'.for cut? ting out on a'single blank th e'vamp and the counter, at 78 in Figure 8. The parts are 'made'" interchangeable for this pu'rpese', the holes 7 being provided roe" r ceiving the seas 53 which;"with a set-screw, is

, placed through the slot 81 -"int1reriearm0sfi;

i e magma strips 64 of th vamp par terii'orfraiiiel" In 'F'igiire5 I show a frame to provide foran extensioii on the counter shown'in the loweupart of Figure 'lfi'vhich provides the outlihe of a lovv s lioe "o'r tie, this frame a to be secured to the backplates'5l and '52,

the botto h" strip 83"l 1aving "threqaoles; shown at"84t which 'are adaptedto fit over the studs ho s at '85 and at 531g Figure 1, the rear corner hinge -SFbe'iIig adapte'dto S irred with the'coui'itenfrani'e, the forward having its bottom strips 82 and 83 "adapted cutting" o'f thje sh e i s "so that form shown in Figure'fi can" be replaced the' cou'riter r-rame shown in theddwer ofF-igures 1 shamanism forth the e itline of the counter ofa tie, and these two assenibletl, if desiredg can be attachedto "the vi 1" j I GP. $9 a 9 Pm ld f u 3 ne e P tern for the vamp and the counterandeiitend-mg agar the eas pmi ruiegeyser v theusualoxford orsimilar'tie.

" In Figure 4 I Show a' inodi' ed' form of frair'l e to used for. o 'itliiiing the'counter adapted to be attachedio the end or the were; tl 1etl1 ree"studs 90 being adapted to being used to clamp the parts in position;

together, as shownin the dra'wi'ngs sothtt iera l dab y a ange r l e1 e 'j I tions to form combined patterns which make it possible to make boots, shoes, short vamps, long Vamps and vamps in one piece With the counter, counters in one piece With the uppers, and all from the same frames, the only necessity being for properly assembling them and then giving them the proper adjustment to indicate the size.

I claim:

1. A pattern for shoes comprising a frame for outlining an upper, a frame for outlining a vamp, a frame for outlining a counter, and means for securing the frame for the counter either to the frame for the upper or that for the vamp.

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